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Aussies ready for T20 dogfight with NZ

Aaron Finch says Australia will be braced for a dogfight with New Zealand as he seeks to lead his team to their first ever Twenty20 World Cup victory.

Wade, Stoinis put Australia in T20 World Cup final

Australia are one win from their maiden T20 World Cup title after Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis pulled off a great escape against Pakistan.

Thousands protest New Zealand COVID-19 vaccine mandate

New Zealand has beefed up security measures at its parliament as thousands gather to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Massive New Zealand potato could be world’s biggest

Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin's hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil's surface.

Quarantine-free travel with New Zealand to resume

Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia will resume from Monday with certain pre-departure measures in place.

Australia misses out in New Zealand border changes

Trans-Tasman families are set for a second-consecutive Christmas apart as the New Zealand government opts against a border reopening to Australia this year.

COVID-19 Delta outbreak arrives in Christchurch

Christchurch has recorded two community cases of COVID-19, breaking a long run without the virus in the city.

New vaccine mandates for many New Zealand workers

New Zealand has drastically increased its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to cover workers at hospitality venues, hairdressers, major events, gyms and more.

‘Barter barber’ cutting hair in Canberra for men’s mental health

The 'Barter Barber' Sam Dowdall’s new mobile barbershop, dubbed the ‘Ken Oath’ barbershop, currently stands in place in suburban Canberra.

NZ quarantine absconder hands herself in

A woman who escaped from COVID-19 quarantine in New Zealand has handed herself into authorities, police have announced.

Australia, South Island NZ travel reopens

Quarantine-free travel between Australia and the South Island of New Zealand is ready to resume, Chief Medical Official Paul Kelly says.

Antarctic ice samples linked to 700-year-old Māori land burning practices

A new study has linked an increase in black carbon levels found in Antarctic ice to 700-year-old Māori land burning practices in New Zealand.

New Zealand records 29 COVID cases, lockdown call looms

Additional parts of New Zealand are waking up to lockdown as Jacinda Ardern's government mulls its next COVID-19 move.

‘Hold our nerve’: New Zealand reports 45 new cases

New Zealand's COVID-19 Minister has told Kiwis they need to "hold their nerve" after a major jump in community COVID-19 cases to 45.

Doubts aplenty over New Zealand lockdown move

COVID-19 modellers have queried Jacinda Ardern's move to lessen Auckland's lockdown, describing it as a roll of the dice.

Thousands stranded as flights to Australia from NZ sellout in three minutes

Fifteen flights to Australia from New Zealand, and their highly prized places in hotel quarantine, have sold out in three minutes.

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